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Re:Canada wants the power to create backdoors in telecom net... by bluefirebrand on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @12:53PM (#40514072)
It wasn't that long ago that protests shut down Canada's entire rail system, for almost twice as long as the Trucker protest lasted. It paralyzed a lot of movement of products across our country and caused shortages in a lot of places. It was much more of an actual problem nation-wide than truckers disrupting the downtown of a single city

The rail protests had international implications too

So if that wasn't enough to invoke the emergency act then it's hard for me to imagine why the Truckers were

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Re:Canada wants the power to create backdoors in telecom net... by naasking on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @02:44PM (#40515313)
> So if that wasn't enough to invoke the emergency act then it's hard for me to imagine why the Truckers were

Possibly because the truckers blocked a bridge to the US, and the US didn't like that.

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Re:Canada wants the power to create backdoors in telecom net... by bluefirebrand on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @03:52PM (#40516204)
Sure, clear them off the bridge, arrest any that refuse to move, etc

But the emergencies act? Freezing bank accounts?

They didn't blow up the bridge did they?

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Re:Canada wants the power to create backdoors in telecom net... by adamomada on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @04:59PM (#40516956)
- the emergency act was used after the bridges were cleared

- the private banks decided to close the accounts, ostensibly acting by themselves (but probably not) and not by government order

Stuff even two years ago is lost to history

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